OUCH is Out - Social Engineering

January 11, 2017

Community Resources

Social Engineering

The January edition of the OUCH! security awareness newsletter is out. For 2017 we kick off with the basics - Social Engineering. Bad guys are always changing and fine tuning the technology and techniques they are using. However, as long as people understand the concepts of social engineering and what to look for, they will be able to identify and stop most online attacks, no matter how they change. As always, OUCH! is free to use and translated into over 25 languages. Download now and share this month's OUCH! with your family, friends and coworkers.

In addition, some of you have asked about the OUCH! license, specifically if you can distribute OUCH! as part of your security awareness program to employees, staff, customers or students. You are more than welcome and encouraged to distribute OUCH!, to include from your own website. The only limitation is you cannot modify or sell OUCH! Finally, the February edition of OUCH will be Staying Secure on the Road.

Lance Spitzner

Director, SANS Security Awareness

Lance Spitzner has over 20 years of security experience in cyber threat research, security architecture, awareness and training. He helped pioneer the fields of deception and cyber intelligence and founded the Honeynet Project. In addition, Lance has published three security books, consulted in over 25 countries and helped over 350 organizations build programs to manage their human risk. Lance is a frequent presenter, serial tweeter ( @lspitzner ) and works on numerous community security projects. Mr. Spitzner served as an armor officer in the Army's Rapid Deployment Force and earned his MBA from the University of Illinois.